Masonry pointing tool



Jan. 20, 1953 1.. s. SPALLONE MASONRY P-OINTING TOOL Filed June 6, 1951 INVENTOR. Laws 6? SPALLONE By ,4 7 TOPNE Y Patented Jan. 20, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MASONRY POINTING TOOL Louis S. Spallone, Denver, 0010.

Application June 6, 1951, Serial No. 230,143

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a masonry pointing tool, and has for its principal object the provi-- sion of a neat, simple, economical, and easily used device which may be detachably secured to a masons trowel, pallet, or mortar board, and which can be used for accurately filling the joints in masonry work without waste of mortar and without defacing the masonry.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efficiency. These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved masonry pointing tool;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section therethrough, illustrating the tool in use.

In the drawing a fragmentary portion of a brick wall has been indicated in section in Fig. 3, with the bricks designated by the numeral l and the intervening joint mortar at H. In this view a masonry joint in need of repair is indicated at A, and a joint repaired by this improved tool is illustrated at B. A conventional masonry trowel is illustrated at l2, with its handle at l3.

The improved masonry pointing tool employs a flat, rectangular bed plate l4 provided with C-clamps l5 having thumb-actuated clamp screws Hi. The clamps ii are secured to the bottom of the plate M in any desired manner, such as by welding them thereto, and are spaced rearwardly from the front edge of the plate [4 to provide a projecting-forward, lower lip I! on the plate l4.

Two angle brackets I8 are welded or otherwise secured to the top of the bed plate I4 over the c-clamps Hi. The angle brackets l8 are inclined rearwardly to form an acute angle with the plane of the bed plate 14, and are designed to support an inclined front plate 19.

The front plate I9 is secured to the brackets l8 by means of suitable clamp bolts 20 which extend through vertically slotted openings 2| in the front plate 19, and through suitable openings in the brackets I8, where they terminate in clamp nuts 22. The lower edge of the front plate I9 is arcuately bent so as to form a forwardly extending upper lip 23 in spaced, parallel relation with the lower lip 11.

A joint pointing device 24 is secured to the bed plate IS in any desired manner, such as by welding, and extends outwardly to one side of the front plate l9, thence downwardly, terminating in a. rounded, tubular extremity 26 which aligns with the open space between the lower and upper lips 11 and 23, respectively.

In use, the front plate I9 is adjusted through the medium of the bolts 20 and the slots 2| so that the spacing of the lips I1 and 23 will correspond to the width of the particular mortar joint upon which the tool is to be used. The bolts 20 are then tightened to fixedly secure the front plate in place, and the entire device is clamped to the edge of the masonry trowel l2 by means of the clamp screws l6, as shown in Fig. 3.

Mortar is then placed on the bed plate l4 and the lower lip 51 is inserted in the bottom of the open mortar joint between the bricks I0 until the upper lip contacts the upper brick, as shown in Fig. 3. The mortar is then forced forwardly against the front plate ill by means of any suitable tool, as indicated at 25, causing the mortar to exude between the lips into the mortar joint. When the joint is filled, the lips are swung from the joint, and the pointing member 26 is drawn along the soft mortar to form a finished, sunken joint, as shown at B in Fig. 3.

While a specific form of the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is to be understood that thesame may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed and desired secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A masonry pointing tool comprising: a fiat bed plate; bracket members mounted on said bed plate adjacent the front edge thereof; a front plate mounted on said bracket members and having its lower edge in parallel, spaced relation to the front edge of said bed plate; a forwardly projecting lip along the lower edge of the front plate in parallel relation to the front edge of the bed plate, said front plate being inclined rearwardly from a perpendicular position to form an acute angle with the plane of the bed plate: and clamps mounted on the bottom of said bed plate for securing the latter to any desired supporting tool.

2 A masonry pointing tool as described in claim 1 having a pointing member supported from one of said plates; and a rounded extremity on said pointing member positioned in alignment with the space between the two plates.

3. A masonry pointing tool as described in claim 1 having a pointing member supported from one of said plates; and a rounded extremity on said pointing member positioned in alignment with the space between the two plates.

LOUIS S. SPALLONE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 303,501 Earth Aug. 12, 1884 1,233,107 Myers July 10, 1917 2,317,292 Nash Apr. 20, 1%3 

